Glutamate dehydrogenase 2, mitochondrial, also known as GDH 2, is an
enzyme
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that in humans is encoded by the GLUD2
gene
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.
This
dehydrogenase is one of the family of
glutamate dehydrogenases that are ubiquitous in
life
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.
Function
Glutamate dehydrogenase 2 is localized to the
mitochondrion
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and acts as a homohexamer to recycle
glutamate
Glutamic acid (symbol Glu or E; the ionic form is known as glutamate) is an α-amino acid that is used by almost all living beings in the biosynthesis of proteins. It is a non-essential nutrient for humans, meaning that the human body can syn ...
during
neurotransmission. The encoded enzyme catalyzes the reversible oxidative
deamination of glutamate to
alpha-ketoglutarate.
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EC 1.4.1
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